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[JusticeForAll23]

Nats runs scored last six games:

15
11
16
7
5
22 (and counting)

That's 76 runs in their last six games, which comes to 12.7 runs per game.

Yikes.

[cajunrevenge]

Rendon 6 for 6 with 3 home runs 5 runs scored 10 RBI. The most effective pitcher the mets had all day was a catcher giving up 4 runs in 2 innings.

[CyYoung31]

Damn. Did we trade Kemp to the Nats?

[thewupk]

Damn. Did we trade Kemp to the Nats?

His protection is far reaching.

[CyYoung31]

His protection is far reaching.

He should have his own line of condoms.

[msstate7]

Rendon 6 for 6 with 3 home runs 5 runs scored 10 RBI. The most effective pitcher the mets had all day was a catcher giving up 4 runs in 2 innings.

Syndergaard screwed the mets today. He acted healthy when really hurt... he came out after 1.1 and mets probably just threw their worst

[Tapate50]

Salty released after a 16k in 25 Ab start allowing 9/9 base stealers to take a base.


Oof.

[thewupk]

Figured this would be the best place to put this

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/harve...gles-continue/

Harvey is emblematic of a larger issue and that is keeping young, talented arms on the field and productive.

The Mets and their fanbase are all well aware of the risk inherent in building around young arms. Queens was the home of the group dubbed Generation K. And a generation later, Mets nation is hoping for much better fortune.

The Braves in 5 years.

[bravesnumberone]

So Sam Holbrook still sucks at his job.

[CyYoung31]

Cardinals fan sitting behind dugout hit with stray bullet

[The Chosen One]

Thanks a lot Daniel Murphy. Ruined my 16 game Beat the Streak.

[sturg33]

Figured this would be the best place to put this

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/harve...gles-continue/



The Braves in 5 years.

The Braves are brilliant then for using all their assets to get so many!!

[smootness]

Figured this would be the best place to put this

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/harve...gles-continue/



The Braves in 5 years.

As has been said a million times, there are two truths in building around young pitching:

1) There is obvious risk, as the likelihood of injury is greater.

2) You do have to have pitchers, and good ones, to field a roster and compete.

So knowing these two things, you have two options: ignore pitching and build around hitting, leaving yourself with work to do later to find that pitching. Or get a lot of pitching in the hopes that as some get injured and fall by the wayside, you can fill in with more young pitching. Because we don't have the resources that others do to go pay for already established pitching, it's certainly not a given that stockpiling young pitching is a dumb strategy for us.

The Cubs built largely around hitting, and they are the example everyone uses. But a couple things are important to point out - one, they were somewhat lucky in that when they picked at the top of the draft, there were big-time college hitters available to them. We have not yet had that option. And two, they were somewhat lucky in their pitching last year. You can call it great scouting if you want, but most who fawn over hitters rather than pitchers agree that there really is no such thing, there are just odds. And the odds of guys like Arrieta and Hendricks turning into studs were not great. They also have the money to go pay for a guy like Lester.

So were they unable to spend a ton on a TOR starter, and had they not gotten lucky with Arrieta and Hendricks, they would have been in a pretty tough spot last year and almost certainly would not have been prepared to win a WS title.

[thewupk]

Mike Minor continues to impress as a multi-inning reliever.

18 innings, 9 K/9, 2 BB/9, 0 HR/9, 2.50 ERA, 1.85 FIP.

Good for him after not having pitched in the majors for 2 years

[smootness]

Mike Minor continues to impress as a multi-inning reliever.

18 innings, 9 K/9, 2 BB/9, 0 HR/9, 2.50 ERA, 1.85 FIP.

Good for him after not having pitched in the majors for 2 years

That is great to see.

[Tapate50]

Max Sherzer (sp?) doesn't take **** from his coaches. That mf is a bull dog. Dang it man.

[thewupk]

Another former Braves LHP Alex Wood....

Finally back to starting after starting out the year in the pen

3-0, 29 2/3 innings, 11.53 K/9, 3.03 BB/9, 0.30 HR/9, 2.73 ERA, 1.90 FIP

[UNCBlue012]

Another former Braves LHP Alex Wood....

Finally back to starting after starting out the year in the pen

3-0, 29 2/3 innings, 11.53 K/9, 3.03 BB/9, 0.30 HR/9, 2.73 ERA, 1.90 FIP

I am still livid we gave him up "because we didn't trust his mechanics." BS. He was my favorite guy in the rotation when we let him go.

[The Chosen One]

Always loved Wood. Wanted to keep him over Julion.

[UNCBlue012]

Always loved Wood. Wanted to keep him over Julion.

Same here. I like Julio and didn't want to trade him, but I didn't see the reason to trade would due to speculation -- especially when Wood was proven, Peraza was one of our top prospects and Olivera was insanely unproven.